Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, May 26, 1955

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length14.2 mi

Width400 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.45, -94.80) to the end point (35.62, -94.65), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 26, 1955, 6:45 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Oklahoma
Counties: Sequoyah County
Path: 14.2 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 26, 1955

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 26, 1955	F3	Arkansas	28.8 mi	1,000 yd	3
May 26, 1955	F2	Kansas	66.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Texas	1.3 mi	33 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Illinois	1.5 mi	500 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Illinois	1.5 mi	100 yd	1
May 26, 1955	F2	Arkansas	4.5 mi	880 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Nebraska	6.5 mi	167 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Kansas	7.8 mi	220 yd	1
May 26, 1955	F2	Missouri	11.7 mi	27 yd	2
May 26, 1955	F2	Arkansas	7.5 mi	10 yd	7
May 26, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	11.6 mi	70 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Missouri	2.7 mi	50 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Illinois	1.5 mi	100 yd	2
May 26, 1955	F1	Illinois	18.7 mi	400 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Nebraska	4.3 mi	17 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Missouri	2 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	4.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	1
May 26, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Sequoyah County

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.